El Duende, NM Pollen Count
El Duende, NM · Last updated Friday, November 6, 2026
This page shows the most recent reading available for El Duende — from Friday, November 6, 2026 (1 day ago) — not today's reading.
Pollen Overview
Today's overall pollen level and the dominant type (trees, weeds, grass, or mold).
Total Pollen Index
The combined pollen level across all types (0–100).
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Weeds Index
How active weeds pollen is today (0–100).
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Pollen Types
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5-Day El Duende Overall Pollen Forecast
Bars are colored by severity (Low/Moderate/High).
This reading is the forecast point shared with Hernandez, NM — 2 nearby places use the same point; El Duende is 1.2 km from it.
Pollen count El Duende residents check each morning
The El Duende pollen count today is 18 (Low). The main driver is Ragweed, with weed pollen at 23 today. Weed pollen leads the split at 23 (Low on its own scale), followed by tree pollen at 0.6 and grass pollen at 0.6. Below, the plant detail and the multi-day outlook show whether today is the pattern or the exception. Pollen Atlas updated this count on Friday, November 6, 2026.
A Low band on the Pollen Atlas index means the Total Pollen Index has stayed in the lower part of the 0–100 scale. Readings in this band are built from low individual category values rather than from one large spike, and the category split above matters more than the headline number: a low total can still contain one category, such as weed pollen or mold, reading noticeably higher than the rest, which is why the split is printed on every El Duende page.
Higher-elevation Mountain West cities generally run a shorter outdoor pollen season than the coasts or the South, with the main tree and grass activity compressed into the warmer months. Autumn and winter pages in this region are therefore commonly quiet, with low totals built from small weed and mold values. A low reading in this region and season is the expected pattern, and any future rise will show first in the category split and the forecast, not in the headline alone.
To see whether today’s pollen level holds, check the 5-day El Duende pollen forecast below — it is currently mixed, with Saturday the highest day in the window.
This is the pollen count El Duende residents check each morning, built from the day’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings.
What is the El Duende pollen count today?
The El Duende pollen count today is 18 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Ragweed.
Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today El Duende: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.
El Duende allergies today
El Duende allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 18 (Low), driven mainly by Ragweed. When people ask about El Duende allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for El Duende.
Allergies in El Duende follow the New Mexico calendar set out below — the chapters, the plants behind them, and the 5-day forecast on this page show whether today is typical for the season or an exception to it. If you are checking allergies today in El Duende before heading outdoors, the split at the top of this page is the part to read: it shows which pollen is doing the work today, not just how high the total sits.
Read the five-day table on this page as the El Duende allergy forecast: today reads 18 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether El Duende allergies are set to ease or build across the week — the days to plan outdoor time around are the ones where the index steps down, not just today.
In practice, the allergy count El Duende today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.
The El Duende allergy count today is 18 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.
Pollen count today El Duende: the 5-day forecast
| Day | Total Pollen Index | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, November 6 | 18 | Low |
| Saturday, November 7 | 19 | Low |
| Sunday, November 8 | 18 | Low |
| Monday, November 9 | 19 | Low |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 17 | Low |
Pollen Atlas forecasts El Duende’s pollen count to peak on Saturday at 19 (Low) over the next 5 days.
Pollen by type in El Duende
What is driving El Duende’s pollen today
The shape of today’s 18 (Low) is set by weed pollen at 23 (Low on its own scale) — about 95% of the four category readings added together, 22.4 points clear of the next category, tree pollen at 0.6. A weed-led total is the classic late-year shape: tree and grass pollen have usually receded, leaving weed pollen — and on damp days mold — to make up most of what the index records. Weed pollen leading in November runs against the usual calendar — the New Mexico weed chapter runs August to October — so today’s lead is the model outranking the pattern, and this page reports the modelled reading first.
Plant-level detail is not in today’s feed for El Duende, so the drivers have to be read from the category split above. The New Mexico guide’s account of New Mexico names juniper and elm in spring, and chenopod and ragweed-family weeds after the monsoon — the pollens behind readings of this shape in this state — and the split shows how much of today’s total each category is actually carrying.
Across the five-day window the Total Pollen Index runs from 17 to 19, never changing band. Today’s 18 sits 0 points below the window’s average of 18.2 — a steady window, in which one day reads much like the next.
Plants affecting El Duende now
Detailed plant-by-plant readings for El Duende were not returned in today\u2019s source data, so this section summarises the pollen types the index above is built from instead of listing individual plants.
Tree pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 0.6 (Low).
Grass pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 0.6 (Low).
Weed pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 23 (Low).
In the Mountain West pattern, the plants that typically shape this city’s year are spring trees and late-spring grasses in a compressed warm-season window — named here as regional context only, not as today\u2019s measurements.
Plant detail returns here automatically on any day the source data includes it.
Every pollen type, with photos and seasons: the pollen directory.
El Duende pollen through the year
Three chapters make the New Mexico pollen year, and El Duende follows them in the Mountain West order. The tree chapter: juniper can arrive in late winter, and the main tree wave builds in spring — as late as April at Denver’s altitude. The grass chapter: grasses follow in a compressed early-summer run. The weed chapter: ragweed and sagebrush-family weeds close the year from late summer.
New Mexico’s season runs in two acts with a monsoon intermission from around early July, and its spring winds are the delivery system — sustained, dry and gusty enough to make a windy afternoon and a still morning feel like two different seasons. Albuquerque sits a mile above sea level, and Santa Fe — some two thousand feet higher still — runs the same script a step later and cooler. The New Mexico guide singles out juniper and elm in spring, and chenopod and ragweed-family weeds after the monsoon.
November falls between the main chapters of the New Mexico pollen year — the tail of one and the approach of the next — so the calendar alone explains little today, and the modelled split above carries the story. Between them, the three chapters cover 9 months of the New Mexico year, February to October — leaving a quiet gap of roughly 3 months in the depth of the off-season. The full calendar is set out in the New Mexico allergy season guide.
How to read this index
Pollen Atlas reports the El Duende pollen count on a Total Pollen Index from 0 to 100, built from separate tree, grass and weed readings. The total is a summary, not an average of the three: a single strong category can lift it, and three quiet categories can hold it down whatever the month. Index values are a modelled pollen risk index computed by Pollen Atlas from open weather, vegetation and phenology data, calibrated against CDC/NAB season data, with plant detail by the Google Pollen API. The index is a modelled 0–100 scale, not a measured count, and figures update through the day, so a morning and an evening visit to this page can legitimately show different numbers.
El Duende in today’s national picture
At 18 (Low), El Duende ranks joint 56739th of the 90896 cities Pollen Atlas tracks today — in the middle of the national table. The highest reading in the country today is Serpa, Portugal at 53, and the lowest is Galiakberovo, Russia at 5. The whole table spans 48 points today — a wide-open day, when the top and bottom of the table are effectively in different seasons.
Around El Duende: Hernandez, NM (1 miles away) reads 18 (Low); Chamita, NM (2 miles away) reads 18 (Low); San Jose, NM (3 miles away) reads 17 (Low). El Duende reads exactly level with its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across New Mexico’s 517 tracked cities, today runs from 5 in Las Vegas to 28 in Dexter.
Pollen totals are population numbers; symptoms are personal. The same reading can leave one El Duende resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every season, allergists in El Duende, NM can test whether tree, grass, weed or mold is the category that matters for you — the four readings at the top of this page are the starting point for that conversation.
El Duende in its local area
El Duende sits 1 miles northwest of Hernandez, NM — the anchor of the forecast-point group this reading belongs to. Within the group of 2, El Duende ranks joint 1st; across New Mexico’s 517 tracked cities, it ranks joint 203rd today.
Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the El Duende, NM pollen count is refreshed each morning.
Nearby cities
- Hernandez pollen count (1 miles away)
- Chamita pollen count (2 miles away)
- San Jose pollen count (3 miles away)
- Pueblito pollen count (3 miles away)
- Chili pollen count (3 miles away)
- Alcalde pollen count (4 miles away)
From Pollen Atlas News
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Pollen indexes: a modelled pollen risk index computed by Pollen Atlas from open weather, vegetation and phenology data, calibrated against CDC/NAB season data. Plant detail: Google Pollen API. Index values are modelled, not measured counts. Sources: CDC/NAB; USA-NPN; GBIF (CC BY); ESA WorldCover (CC BY 4.0).